Posts Tagged ‘troop’

Girl Scouts tells troop to shut down Gaza fundraiser

A Girl Scout Troop in Missouri recently broke away from the organization after it made legal threats against the group over a fundraiser for Gaza. Source

Ukraine war: Russia’s troop Death Toll passes 150,000

The number of Russian losses in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has passed 150,000, according to the latest figures released by Kyiv, as its forces continue to hang on to their positions in the ruined city of Bakhmut. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Thursday that 715 Russian soldiers had […]

US greenlights attacks inside Russia, less fear of escalation. Serbia troop deployment in Kosovo U/1

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US Senator Sanders Calls for Troop Withdrawal from Saudi Arabia, End of Selling Weapons

October 8, 2022 By Staff, Agencies Independent US Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has called for the withdrawal of American troops from Saudi Arabia and an end to military aid to the conservative kingdom for lowering oil production. “If Saudi Arabia, one of the worst violators of human rights in the world, […]

ACH (1914) Mallificus Scott – The Limeys #87 – Goats Led Troop

EURO FOLK RADIO ACH (1914) Mallificus Scott – The Limeys #87 – Goats Led Troop Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds Subscribe Share In today’s show originally broadcast on September 19 2022, Andy presents “The Limeys” with his co-host Mallificus Scott for a show entitled, “Goats Led […]

US Says ‘All Options’ on the Table Over Russian Troop Buildup Near Ukraine

WASHINGTON—All options are on the table in how to respond to Russia’s “large and unusual” troop buildup near Ukraine’s border, and the NATO alliance will decide on the next move following consultations next week, the State Department’s top U.S. diplomat for European affairs said on Friday. “As you can appreciate, all options are on the […]

Kremlin Denies Troop Buildup Near Ukraine Border Signals Plan To Invade

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Friday rebuffed allegations that a buildup of its troops near Ukraine reflects Moscow’s aggressive intentions, saying Russia needs to ensure its security in response to alleged NATO threats. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Western media reports that Moscow has intentions to invade Ukraine as a “hollow and unfounded attempt […]

Taliban Seizes 3 More Provincial Capitals In Afghanistan Amid U.S. Troop Withdrawal

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, putting nine of the nation’s 34 in the insurgents’ hands amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure […]

US Troop Build Up Threatens Resource War In The Arctic

Above photo: Michael H. Lee. The U.S. military has announced its intention to expand its presence in the Arctic. This perfectly highlights why the fight against climate change must be anti-imperialist. While plenty of headlines are being dedicated to the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, an increase of U.S. forces in another area has gone […]

US Starts Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan With ‘Local Actions’ Already Taken: Gen. Miller

America’s top general in Afghanistan said Sunday that the U.S. military has already begun closing down operations in the country in preparation for a full withdrawal. “All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde,” Army Gen. Austin Miller told Afghan journalists at a press conference in the capital, Kabul. Miller added that the official […]

Biden seems ready to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan

Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. Biden has inched so close to the deadline that his indecision amounts almost to a decision […]

Iraq requests new round of talks with U.S. over troop presence

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Troop Deployments in Washington Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen, by James Bovard

STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC It is not a good thing when the political class figures it needs military protection from the rest of us. In such circumstances, the military often becomes the law. From James Bovard at mises.org: “Tyranny in form is the first step towards tyranny in substance,” warned Senator John Taylor two hundred years ago […]

Rand Paul: D.C. Troop Presence ‘Isn’t Really a Great Image for a Free Country or for Our Country’

Friday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle” to criticize the National Guard presence on Capitol Hill, which he likened to what one might see at a “major army base.” The Kentucky Republican said the sooner the fencing was taken down from the Capitol grounds, the better. “[I] mean, when you look at […]

U.S. Completes Troop Withdrawal from Somalia

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on Sunday that the United States has effectively completed “repositioning” troops from Somalia in accordance with a directive issued by President Donald Trump in December. According to an AFRICOM spokesman, only a “very limited” U.S. military presence remains in Somalia. In early December, President Trump ordered the withdrawal of nearly […]

Syria envoy who admitted LYING to Trump about troop levels now defends his Middle East policy, says Biden should keep it

President Donald Trump’s policy in the Middle East delivered “clear results” and Joe Biden shouldn’t change it, the US ex-envoy to the anti-terrorist coalition operating in Syria and Iraq argued in the pages of Foreign Affairs. Trump opted to abandon the “transformational campaigns” pursued by the Bush and Obama administrations in favor of “working primarily […]

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller Announces Troop Levels Down to 2,500 in Iraq and Afghanistan

President Donald Trump’s acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller, announced Friday that United States troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan have now reached 2,500 in each country — the lowest levels since either war began nearly two decades ago. On Afghanistan, Miller said in a statement: Today, U.S. force levels in Afghanistan have reached 2,500. Directed […]

Why Trump Has Been Unable to End Endless Wars. US Troop Withdrawals from Afghanistan?

By Keith Lamb Global Research, November 19, 2020 The Times of London reported, on November 16, that Trump’s recent installation of loyalists in top Pentagon jobs is likely to be for the purpose of fulfilling his long-term pledge to bring an end to the U.S.’ “endless wars”. It is expected that Trump will order the withdrawal of 4,500 troops from Afghanistan and […]

McConnell breaks with Trump over plan to cut troop levels in Afghanistan, Iraq

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Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller Hints at U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Memo: ‘It’s Time to Come Home’

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller issued a memo on Saturday to the entire Defense Department that hinted of a coming U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The two-page memo was released early Saturday morning, just after midnight, in his first department-wide message after being appointed by President Donald Trump earlier this week. Miller took the place of […]

Iran-backed militias offer truce for US troop withdrawal

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi militias backed by Iran have agreed to temporarily halt attacks targeting the American presence in Iraq on the condition that US-led coalition troops withdraw from the country in line with a parliamentary resolution, three of the militia officials said Sunday. The militia officials spoke to The Associated Press just hours […]

German far-right leader welcomes U.S. troop withdrawal

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John McCain–‘Trump’s talk of troop withdrawal from Syria the cause of deadly gas attack

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Neocons Are Obstructing US Troop Withdrawal From Syria

The neoconservatives who dominate Washington foreign policy are pushing the Trump administration into keeping troops in Syria according to former US Congressman Ron Paul. Donald Trump had announced that he wanted to withdraw US troops from Syria “very soon”, complaining that Washington has wasted trillions of dollars in Middle East wars. He changed his mind however […]

War without end: German defense minister says no timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Taliban says Afghan War could continue for 100yrs with no result, calls on US to start peace talks “It is not a question of a time frame that must be stubbornly stuck to,” Ursula von der Leyen told German troops during her visit to the Bundeswehr military base in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on […]

Germany to increase troop level in Afghanistan to 1,300

nsnbc : Germany will deploy hundreds more soldiers to Afghanistan after the German government, on Wednesday, approved to increase the number of German troops […]

Pentagon increases their illegal troop levels in Syria to “stabilize area”. What a joke!!!

Pentagon quadruples troop levels in Syria to ‘stabilize’ liberated areas NOVANEWS RT  The US military has increased the number of troops in Syria from 500 to 2,000, the Pentagon says, adding that the “conditions-based” military presence is justified by the need to “stabilize” liberated areas. The Pentagon has officially announced that there are now 2,000 troops […]

Poppy Output Hits Record High as US Troop Surge in Afghanistan Completed

By Rachel Blevins The opioid crisis has killed thousands in the United States, and as more than 100 Americans die every day, opium poppy cultivation has hit a record high in Afghanistan in 2017. Coincidentally, President Donald Trump’s troop surge in Afghanistan has essentially been completed, boosting the number of service members on the ground from 11,000 […]

US Troop Deaths In Niger Reflect Growing Africa Mission Creep

That the United States had special forces deployed in Niger wasn’t exactly a secret before the announcement that four US troops were killed in an ambush near the Malian border. It wasn’t exactly public knowledge, either. The report that the US was sending troops to Niger for “training” back in 2015 was scarcely reported. The first indication that this […]

Iraq authorises troop deployment in Kirkuk

Of the many controversial elements surrounding this week’s Kurdish separatist referendum in Iraq, the inclusion of the oil rich region of Kirkuk was among the most controversial. Kirkuk has never been a part of autonomous Kurdish regions in Iraq, but in spite of this, the secessionist Kurdish leaders included Kirkuk in areas where […]

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